Where Is Blend Mode in Photoshop?

In Photoshop, blend mode is an option that allows you to specify how two layers interact. When you have two or more layers in your Photoshop file, you can control how they blend together by changing the mode of the top layer. For example, you might want to set the top layer to “Multiply” so that it darkens the underlying layers. Or you might want to set the mode to “Screen” to lighten the underlying layers. There are 27 different blend modes in Photoshop, each with its own effect on the image.

To change the blend mode of a layer, select the layer in the Layers panel and then choose a mode from the Mode drop-down list:

• Normal: This is the default mode. It doesn’t apply any special effect to the layer.
• Dissolve: This mode randomly replaces pixels with transparency. The degree of transparency is determined by the opacity of the layer.
• Darken: This mode compares the color values of each pixel in the top layer with those in the underlying layers and replaces the color values in the top layer with darker values if they are darker than those in the underlying layers.If a pixel is lighter than those in all underlying layers, its color values are not changed.
• Multiply: This mode multiplies the color values of each pixel in the top layer with those in all underlying layers. The result is a darker image.
• Color Burn: This mode darkens colors by increasing contrast between pixels. Pixels lighter than 50% gray are darkened, while pixels darker than 50% gray are left unchanged.
• Linear Burn: This mode darkens colors by decreasing brightness.
• Darker Color: This mode compares all channels and selects whichever is darkest.
• Lighten: This mode compares the color values of each pixel in the top layer with those in all underlying layers and replaces pixels in
  the top layer with lighter values if they are lighter than those in
  the underlying layers. If a pixel is darker than all underlying
  layers’ pixels, its value isn’t changed.
• Screen: This mode multiplies color values and then complements
  the result—the effect is similar to projecting multiple slide
  transparencies onto a single screen. The result is a brighter image.
• Color Dodge: This mode brightens colors by decreasing contrast between pixels. Pixels darker than 50% gray are lightened, while pixels lighter than 50% gray are left unchanged.
• Linear Dodge (Add): This mode brightens colors by increasing brightness (it’s similar to Linear Burn but with brighter results).
• Lighter Color: This mode compares all channels and selects whichever is lightest.